Cornell Big Red men's basketball
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| University | Cornell University | ||
| Conference | Ivy | ||
| Location | Ithaca, NY | ||
| Head coach | Brian Earl (1st year) | ||
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Newman Arena (Capacity: 4,472) |
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| Nickname | Big Red | ||
| Colors | Carnelian Red and White |
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| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
| 1954, 2010 | |||
| NCAA Tournament second round | |||
| 2010 | |||
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| 1954, 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| EIBL: 1913, 1914, 1924, 1954 Ivy: 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
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The Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represents Cornell University (one of eight members Ivy League), located in Ithaca, New York, in NCAA Division I men's competition. The Big Red's appearance in the 2008 NCAA Tournament was their first trip to "The Big Dance" since 1988. On March 14, 2016, Cornell did not renew the contract of head coach Bill Courtney, who was hired after the 2009–10 season. On April 18, 2016 Brian Earl was named the 22nd head coach in the program's history.
Cornell played its first basketball game on December 13, 1898, a 48–12 victory over the Waverly YMCA. The team would finish the short season with a record of 1–3. The program did not record a winning season until 1908-1909 when the team went 13-10. Beginning with the 1901–1902 season and ending with the 1954-1955 season Cornell competed in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League which at various points in its history consisted of between four and eight schools, all of whom would eventually join the Ivy League upon its creation in 1954. Cornell won the EIBL title four times, including 1954 in a one-game playoff over Princeton which would earn the Big Red their first trip to the NCAA tournament. The 1955–56 season was the first year of competition under the new Ivy League organization. Cornell has since won the Ivy League title four times, most recently in 2010. That year marked the first time Cornell would win a game in the NCAA tournament.
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